4. Give the plural form of the words.

Window, bus, leaf, watch, country, dress, woman, son-in-law, housewife, party, day, fox, foot, passer-by, key, eye, child, wall, library, man, sister-in-law, statesman, pocket-knife, hero, cousin, text-book, tooth, roof, journey.

5. Write the plurals of the words given in brackets to complete the sentences;

1. Would you bring the bottle and some ………………. , please? (glass)

2. We cut the cake into (half)

3. I've read her……………….., but I haven't seen any of her………..(book/play)

4. I bought some………… for the ………(shelf/glass)

5. There were ………………. of ………….in the factory. (thousand/box)

6. The ……………went in one door and the ………………went in the other. (man/woman)

7. They have a lot of………….at the moment. (worry)

8. Would you bring the………and ? (knife/fork)

9. The …………………chased the for several miles (wolf/deer)

10. Did you make these ……………….? (handkerchief)

Possessive 's / '

Существительное в притяжательном падеже отвечает на вопрос whose? (чей?) и обозначает принадлежность предмета.

В форме притяжательного падежа употребляются существительные одушевленные. Существительные неодушевленные, за некоторыми исключениями, в притяжательном падеже не употребляются.

1. существительные в единственном числе the girl's hat - шляпа девушки 2. существительные во множественном числе a) the boys' books - книги мальчиков b) the children's toys - игрушки детей 3. сложные существительные my son-in-law's library - библиотека моего зятя 4. имена собственные, заканчивающиеся на -s Charles's address – адрес Чарльза когда два лица или более являются обладателями одного и того же предмета, окончание притяжательного падежа прибавляется к последнему существительному: Peter and Helen's flat is large. - Квартира Петра и Елены боль­шая. устойчивые словосочетания. fixed phrases: the earth's surface, journey's end, the ship's company time phrases (singular): an hour's journey, a day's work, a month's salary time phrases (plural): two hours' journey, two days' work, two months' salary

6. Rewrite these sentences, putting the apostrophe (') where necessary. If two answers are possible, write the more likely one.

Example: We talked to the boys parents for some time. -

We talked to the boys' parents for some time.

We talked to the boy's parents for some time.

1. Have you met Susans friend?

2. About sixty people use the teachers room.

3. Someone had taken Barbaras purse.

4. Something was hurting the animals foot.

5. I'm going to write to the childrens parents.

6. Jane works in my mothers office.

7. The dog doesn't like its food.

8. Mary and Pat stayed at their friends house.

9. Are you going to the secretaries meeting?

10. I put the money in the waiters hand.